I’m sorry, but I have to post this, I saw this a few years ago, and with this Bruce Mapes post, and all these child custody issues coming up, I have got to speak out. I on a couple of occasions saw a Chester County Family Master drinking with her children, that’s not the bad part, she and her husband, I will be honest, I assumed it was her husband, the kids called him Dad, so there I can not be sure, anyway they both drank and left driving with these 2 girls, daughters I presume, as they called her Mom, anyway they slugged down 3 of the tall mugs of beer at Rino’s in Exton while with these children.
I have since found out the correct spelling of her name, its Alita Rovito, apparently she was a District Attorney before taking on the Family Court Master duties. She in my opinion should not be judging anyone in family court, she drinks and drives with her children. I have seen it with my own eyes, this isn’t hearsay as the courts would say. I and my Mother and Daughter saw her.
Master ROVITO, how dare you make important decisions regarding the health and welfare of children when you and your husband or assumed husband (I will be honest as I always am, I do not know who he was, but the 2 girls I heard call him Dad, could be boyfriend or fiance) actually , you had him, after he finished his beers and paid the bill , walk them outside while you finished yours and relaxed.
Ask Patrick Carmody, they say one drink impairs…….you should be arrested for what you do, you drink and drive with your chidlren and think it’s okay because they are too young to tell you it’s wrong, but you as a Chester County Family Court Master should know better, shouldn’t you practice what you and the Courthouse preach? You should resign.
You are not fit in my opinion to tell anyone, anywhere, how to take care of their children, you and your husband or whoever he is , drink and drive with yours. I have three kids, 28, 27, and 24, and you know what, I never put on like I was a perfect parent like you think you are, or judge other parents that come before you, but you know what, I would not, and never did drink and drive with my children, nor would I with my Grandchildren now. Ever, ever, ever, there is no excuse, its wrong and you can not sugar coat it, just because you think your going out for a relaxing dinner that involves alcohol, and it’s not at a bar, its still wrong, it’s still drinking and driving, worse yet, drinking and driving with children, your placing them in danger, and they have no choice in the matter, they are trusting your judgement which is obviously wrong, very wrong, What kind of judgement are you using here???
What does this tell me?
It tells me first off, You are a Family Court Master who is making very important decisions about Children and Families, and in my eyes, you should be booted out right now, you drink and drive with your children and /or allow someone else who is drinking to drive your precious cargo. Just because you go to a restaurant or deli with your kids to eat, but you both drink, it makes you no better than the drunk Man or Woman who appear in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas or the Chester County Family Court before you, for Dui while drinking with their children, your no better, yet you and and your DA friends like Carmody would throw the book at them or try to screw with their kids, for the same thing you do, what a hypocrite!
You might think you have a little more class or taste because instead of being at a bar, your at a restaurant, but your still drinking, and your still driving with your kids…………………and it is still wrong, one drink impairs and you should know better. And you get away with it and you know it, and that makes you worse, and a hypocrite!
Secondly, you work at the Court House in Chester County, which is very biased in their cases and sentencing anyway, but you should know, or maybe go to the Dui classes they push on everyone else and see how even one beer impairs you, that’s what they say, and I believe it, one beer can impair. So you and your husband or boyfriend or fiance and 2 kids sitting at Rino’s in Exton drinking 2 or 3 of the large mugs of beer (that is only what I saw, I do not know how many you had before I got there) both impaired as one drink impairs, this is what the Courts and Dui Classes teach everyone, leave and drive these two young girls home or somewhere, guess what, your drinking and driving, and drinking and driving with kids, and unfit! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should be going through Parent counseling and classes because obviously you think it’s okay to drink and drive with your children, and until you complete them, maybe you should call CYS and have them put your children in placement………………because your in my opinion, unfit.
And third, Please Master Rovito, I would hope you would resign from being a Family Court Master, because you are the worst example of a parent there is, you drink and drive with your kids, that is pathetic and you should be taken off of any Family Court case their is, In my opinion I do not feel you should be making the decisions your making, because you lack the Proper Parenting skills yourself. You should sentence yourself to parenting classes, because you need them. Anyone that thinks they are above the law and can down drinks with their kids, or anyones kids , needs parenting classes, and you need to do them……………Now
Your children have no choice in the matter, if impairment starts at one drink and you and your husband or whoever he was with you have the minimum 2 or 3, your at impairment level and driving with your children, that is wrong and many parents in Chester County are arrested for this same scenario! They have no choice in the matter, they know no better, they count on their parents for guidance. Basically your telling your children its okay to drink and drive , what kind of example are you teaching here? Obviously the law only applies to a few in Chester County when it comes to drunk driving, or driving with your kids while intoxicated.. You know what Rovito, maybe all the other parents who are arrested for DUI thought they were okay to, maybe they thought when the cops pulled them over they were okay, they just didn’t get away with it like you do!
Tina Chester County
I think you may mean Rivello. I don’t know if she is still involved in family court matters. There is a Margeret Rivello who runs the health dept. in the Government Services building on Westtown Rd.
I do not know if she has anything to do with family court.
I think your right, it is Rivello, I think she is still there though, not sure, would love any info as she should not be making decisions on any children custody issues as she and her husband choose to drink and drive with their children. the other Rivello your talking about is probably related, it seems in my opinion you only get a job at the courthouse or govt. sector if you know someone. I know many that fill out applications online only to be told the position has been filled or to never be called back.
Its Alita Rovito, read other posts.
Tina if you were so concerned about the welfare of Ms. Rovito’s two young children why didn’t you do something that night? Surely you could have spoken to Ms. Rovito about the dangers of drinking and driving or better yet if they were so impaired why not follow them out and report it to the police? Your lack of any action that night shows your own disregard for human life. In my opinion your ranting about Ms. Rovito seems unreasonable considering your own lack of any action. Perhaps you or a member of your family have been before Ms. Rovito in court and things didn’t go your way and you now have an axe to grind. Ms. Rovito’s job is not to judge anyone it is to see that state laws are followed and her opinions are submitted to a Judge for the Judge’s signature.
Carolyn C
I have no axe to grind with Ms. or Mrs. Rovito, I just know who she is and I know what I saw. Your right I should have called the Police, as I would not approach anyone in a public restuarant while they are drinking and in front of their children, but I should have called the Police and next time will. I would have if they were falling down drunk. My comment is because they say one drink impairs, they had more than one so the law says they were impaired. I am much better than Rovito, because Im not a hypocrite, I don’t penalize others, for what I do, and would never ever drink and drive with my kids who are now in there late twenties. I have no axe to grind and have never been before her, but you sound like a personal friend or co worker, your getting very protective. The law is the law, one drink impairs, she and her other were impaired, and your right I should have called the cops and will do next time.
Also forgot to add, it wouldn’t matter if I called the Police and they were arrested for DUI, Her District Attorney Buddies and the Judges would see for a fact that it would get thrown out. Bet Ya.
One drink impairs? How is that the law? How is that even true?
Point 1) You’re writing about an event that occured 3 years ago; are you so desperate for material that you’ll slander someone without even confirming what you saw? “Her dad I presume, her daughters I think”
Point 2) If you want a successful blog, I highly suggest you take some writing classes. Comma splicing and inappropriate capitalization makes it hard for anyone to take you seriously. (Although your choice of content has already done the job for you).
Point 3) Even if both parents divulged into a drinkfest, letting them out of the door without taking any action and then whining about it on a blog is probably worse than what they supposedly did by tenfold.
They say one drink impairs. It’s on posters and material regarding drinking and driving everywhere.
Point 1 – Chester County Rants did not do the post, Chester County Rants has over 25 people that post for them.
We get emails everyday from people that submit rants and we copy and paste them, they can post what they want, and if they post something from years ago because now they have the place to do it, so be it. We do not care.
Point 2 – Please do not tell us about a successful blog, we have only been posting since May, I think almost 11,000 unique vistors is pretty successful!!!! Thank You!!! You can see the visits on the site, and the visits are done by wordpress not us, and they do not count our working on it. I am happy with the visits since May and growing every day, we all are!!
Point 3 – If you do not like it, simply do not read it, how did you get to it, are you a friend or coworker of this person, maybe you should put a post up and try to get the original poster to answer you, or was she anonymous like you.
Thank You, Have a great Day, and we capitilize want we want, Thanks!
Regional DUI Coordinator Everly warns that even one drink can be enough to impair judgment on the road – buzzed driving is drunk driving.
A “drink” is either one shot of liquor, a five-ounce glass of wine or one beer, all of which contain the same amount of alcohol.
At a .08 BAC level, drivers are so impaired that they are 11 times more likely to have a single-vehicle crash than drivers with no alcohol in their system. But 25 years of research has shown that some impairment begins for both males and females even after one drink.
This is info found on Penndot site and links
Judgement is the first thing affected when someone has been drinking and important motor skills are next. Even one drink can impair someone’s ability to drive. Someone’s physical appearance can be misleading.
This is straight from MADD and the DARE PROGRAMS
Maybe anonymous you should question them about this, this is what chestercountyrants found.
i know this is late, but “anonymous” criticizes Tina’s grammar and writing style and then completely misuses the word “divulge” which means to share private information.
but i shouldn’t be upset, we are in chester county, not the most literate place in the world.
I recently went through a divorce mediation with Alita Rovito (granted in Chester County in October 2010) and found her to be fair, reasonable, and she saved both my ex-wife and I thousands of dollars in fees by sitting us both down at the table and working through our issues.
I had researched her online before using her, and this article ranked pretty high in search results for her. I think that it seems pretty unfair that this article was written up without any regard to how this could damage someone’s reputation or at least getting comments from her to substantiate the story. I checked with other attorney friends of mine in town, and she had a great reputation as a good lawyer, and someone with strong experience in family law, having served as a master for many years. I decided to choose her anyway.
Knowing that this blog post was out there, I thought it would be fair to comment and say that I was very impressed with her; she knows family law really well, and my wife and I were headed for court before we found Alita – she saved us literally thousands of dollars, and we found her rates to be quite reasonable. She was quite helpful. As I got to know her through the process, I found her to be a truly neutral party, and seemed to carry herself professionally. I would highly recommend using her, in spite of the fact that this blog post may paint a defamatory or irresponsible picture of her.
Happy Client,
Happy to hear you had a positive experience with Alita Rovito and that you found her to be a knowledgeable attorney, has reasonable rates, and that she saved you a ton of money. That’s all positive.
As you follow the thread back you will note that the person was posting in response to a post concerning Bruce Mapes and the dysfunctional state of family court the County. However, this post was reporting a period of time when serving as a master for the Chester county court of common pleas. I guess the point is that IF there was drinking and later transporting children at a time while working as a Master it may suggest that judgement is off and might undermine ability to make complex decisions related to child custody.
This post is shameful.
I don’t know Ms. Rovito, but I do know that she is very very highly recommended. Dear Blogger, you are a voyeuristic, overly important busybody.